Improvement in device for turning and loading logs



that tatw SAMUEL SNYDER, OF DELAWARE, OH'VIO.

Letters Patent No. 92,388, lated July 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE FOR TURNING- AND LOADING LOG-S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SNYDER, of Delaware, in the county ofDelaware, and State of- Ohio, have invented a new and improvedLog-Turnerand Loader; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference ,being had to thezutcompanyingr drawing, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure lrepresents a vertical transverse section of my improvedlog-turner and loader. v

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v t 4 Thisinvention relates to a new apparatus, by means of which logs can readilybe turned on stationary and portable saw-mills, and by means of whichalso logs and lumber of all kinds can readily be loaded upon sleds,skids, or other devices.

The invention consists in the application of a portablehorizontalwindla'ss provided with 'ratchet-wheel and pawl, which, incombination with a proper rope or chain fastened to the drum or rollerof the windlass,

l will operate to turn or elevate a log without diiiicnlty,

as hereinafter more fully described.

A, in the drawing, represents a movable fra-me of suitable size andconstruction, inv which a horizontal shaft or drum, B, is` hung, asshown.

A lever, 0swings loosely on the axle a of the drum B, and carries apivoted pawl, I), which is, by a spring, c, held against the teeth of aratchet-wlleel, d, that is mounted on the drum. t

Another pawl, e, which is pivoted to a cross-bar, f, of the frame A, is,by a spring, g, also held against the teeth of the ratchet-wheel.

A rope or chain, D, is fastened to the drum.

When this device is to be used for turning a log on a saw-mill, it isplaced in front of the log, nearly opposite the middle of the same, sothat the log is between the upright frame A and the standards E, on thehead-blocks F, as inA fig. `1. v'lhe chain or rope D is then drawn underthe log and around it, and is fastened to the upper side of the same.The lever O is When the lever is to be liberated, the pawls are thrownoi' the ratchet-wheel by being `fitted under the bent ends of theirrespective springs, as shown by' red lines in ig.p1.

arately.

-Iior loading logs or lumber, I place the device opposite the log, asshown, and connect the rope 'or chain, as per red lines in fig. 1, witha cross-bar, G, which is fitted across the standards E. The log will,when the windlass is turned, be elevated and thrown over the saidcross-bar. In this latter form, the apparatus can be used for loadinglogs in woods and other places, upon vehicles or other suitable devices.Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A portable log-turner, consisting of the frame A, drum B, lever C,pawls b and c, and ropeA or chain D, all arranged and operating, incombination with the standards E, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A portable log-loader, consisting ofthe frame A, drum B, lever O,spring-pawls b, e, and rope. or chain D, all arranged and operating, incombination with the standards E and cross-bar G, substantially, as

herein shown and described. SAMUEL SNYDER.

Witnesses:

, R. BEGLINK.

J. F. SoHLossER.

The lever can then be freely turned in 'either direction, as well as thedrum, but each sep-

